NRT student leads landowner workshops in Denton Hills
Lincoln, Neb. —Daniel Morales, an NRT master’s student studying natural resources management, led workshops in the Denton Hills on February 4 and April 28 to hear landowner concerns and gain experience in community engagement.
“I’m sure in my future career, I’m going to deal with stakeholders in managing landscapes, so getting that experience now is definitely very important,” he said.
NRT student publishes on method of rating ‘stakeholder agency’
Lincoln, Neb. —For NRT master’s student Kate Bird, her first publication all came down to means, motive and opportunity.
She and the 12 other authors on the journal article had worked together for a year and a half in a National Science Foundation program for graduate students, Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems—Educational Resources.
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Eight-year study suggests ‘mob grazing’ may limit livestock growth
Lincoln, Neb. —Welcome to Pocket Science: a glimpse at recent research from Husker scientists and engineers. For those who want to quickly learn the “What,” “So what” and “Now what” of Husker research.
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JBS USA supports new Feedlot Innovation Center with $700,000 gift
Lincoln, Neb. —JBS USA, a leading global food company, has made a gift of $700,000 to the University of Nebraska Foundation to support the University of Nebraska‒Lincoln and its plans for a new Feedlot Innovation Center near Mead.
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Glowacka to use phenotyping to research cold-weather resistance in miscanthus
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln biochemist is using plant phenomics techniques in novel ways to further her research.
Katarzyna Glowacka, assistant professor of biochemistry, received a five-year, nearly $1.4 million grant from NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program. She will delve into the role non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) plays in enabling miscanthus to fend off cold-induced damage.
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Plant Phenomics Community Feature: Jinliang Yang
Seven questions with Jinliang Yang
Jinliang is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture.
Analysis yields insights into adaptation of high-altitude primate
Lincoln, Neb. —For all the focus on the hourglass-shaped patch of scarlet skin that graces its otherwise furry chest like a superhero’s crest, the gelada monkey’s soaring habitat is what interests Nebraska’s Jay Storz and many of his fellow biologists.
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Plant Phenomics Community Feature: Katherine Frels
Katherine Frels is an assistant professor of the Department of Agrononomy and Horticulture.
UNL Ph. D candidate earns 2022 NAPPN Graduate Student Award
Collaborations raise everyone up. This is something computer engineering Ph. D candidate Rubi Quiñones has learned in her time at UNL.
Embracing collaborative efforts is one of the reasons she was recognized at the recent North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN) annual conference in Athens, Ga., in February — earning the 2022 NAPPN Graduate Student Award for Research and Service.
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